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Business Mogul, Felix Aganbi, lauds Olu of Warri Kingdom, Ogiame Atuwatse 111

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Business Mogul, Felix Aganbi, on Tuesday commended the Olu of Warri Kingdom, Ogiame Atuwatse 111 for demonstrating exemplary leadership, living above board and serving as a source of strength and inspiration for many within and outside Warri Kingdom.

“His Royal Majesty, Olu of Warri Kingdom, Ogiame Atuwatse 111, is an intelligent, straight forward, courageous, selfless, amiable and committed patriot”

He also praised the Warri monarch for playing significant roles in the promotion of harmony, socio-cultural cooperation, communal living and peaceful co-existence among diverse people.

“The current peace, progress and prosperity in the Warri Kingdom can be attributed to his wise and benevolent leadership”

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Aganbi in a statement in Koko, headquarters of Warri North Local Government Area, praised Ogiame Atuwatse 111 for serving the kingdom with unerring grace, dignity and decency.

Aganbi, Chief Executive Officer of Akogate Water and Ajimele Oil, lauded the monarch for stimulating harmony and development in Delta State, keeping Itsekiri firmly on the road to development and uplifting the fortune of Warri Kingdom.

Particularly, he lauded His Royal Majesty for utilizing his boundless energy, robust intellect, uncommon courage and tenacity of purpose to motivate members of the traditional council and prominent leaders in Nigeria and abroad for the highest ideals of governance, unity and development in Warri Kingdom.

“Ogiame Atuwatse 111, CFR, is a man of impeccable character, dignity, wisdom and compassion”

The statement highlighted the Monarch’s visionary leadership and selfless service to humanity.

” May the Good Lord, who has blessed the Warri Kingdom, grant you good health, wisdom and strength”

Ending the statement, Aganbi said” please accept the assurances of my highest esteem and warmest congratulations on the occasion of your birthday”

C’River requires 20,000 teachers to address shortage in public

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The Commissioner for Education in Cross River, Sen. Stephen Odey, says a minimum of 20,000 teachers is required to address shortage of teaching staff in public schools across the state.

The Commissioner, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Calabar on Tuesday, said that the Sen. Bassey Otu led administration had embarked on massive employment of teachers to bridge the gap.

He however, noted that owing to paucity of fund, the employment would be carried out in phases.

The commissioner further noted that there were several ongoing reforms to revamp the education sector in the state.

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Odey said, “We are determined to reform the sector holistically because we want to make Cross River a reference point in education sector amongst commity of states.

“There is already a memo before the governor for us to start with the employment of 6,000 teachers.

“We discovered that in many schools, especially in the rural area, had only two teachers and this is not how we intend to be the best in the country.

“The money the government paid as fee for West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for students in the state will amount to nothing without teachers to teach them.

Odey disclosed that priority would be given to the employment of teachers in their catchment areas as the state was not buoyant enough to pay peculiar allowances to teachers in rural areas.

Speaking on the payment of WAEC fee, Odey dispelled the rumour that the 16,301 list was padded.

He said rather, the list was not exhaustive as some schools that submitted late were not captured.

“The only issue that arose from the list was that we found out that some names were duplicated during compilation which brought the figure to about 16,287 students.

“Even at that, we had students from about 20 schools that were not included because of late submission; for instance, a particular schooling in Boki had over a thousand students not included.

“For the avoidance of doubt, those principals that were found not to have been diligent in their duty have been sanctioned.

“About 37 of them are in this category and are going to be demoted to the classrooms,” he said.

The Commissioner further said part of the reform is to ensure uniformity in school system in the state as well as go after illegal schools.

On school uniformity, he said, “Upon resumption in office, I discovered that schools across the state, both public and private, operate different school calendars.

“We have been able to streamline this to a large extent and still working to ensure all around complaint across the state,” he explained.(NAN)(

By Ehigimetor Igbaugba

Bartender docked for allegedly misappropriating N118,303

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 A 25-year-old bartender, Finaleo Inyang on Tuesday, appeared before a Dei-dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly misappropriating his employer’s N118,303.

The defendant, whose house address was not provided,  is charged with criminal breach of trust and misappropriation.

The prosecutor,  Chinedu Ogada told the court that the complainant, Mr Ikechukwu Onwudinjo, reported the matter at the Dutse Police Station on March 23.

Ogada alleged that the complainant employed the defendant as a bartender and manager at his garden located in Dutse, Abuja, before he travelled.

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The prosecutor alleged that when the complainant returned from his trip, he discovered that the defendant had misappropriated N118,303.

He told the court that the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 312 and 309 of the Penal Code.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty of the charge.

The Judge, Saminu Suleiman admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N300,000 with one surety who must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.

Suleiman ordered the surety to produce means of identification as part of the bail conditions and adjourned the case until April 23 for hearing. (NAN)

By Joy Kaka

Why we’re strategic in impounding commercial vehicles

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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says it impounds commercial vehicles sometimes outside the area where their drivers commit offences as a matter of strategy.

The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr Adebayo Taofiq, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, in Lagos.

He said that the belief that commercial buses were ignored many times when committing offences was wrong, as the authorities had strategies to bring them to book.

“The fact remains that at the point few of them are committing these traffic infractions, as noticed by private car owners, they’re not apprehended, does not mean that we don’t have any plan of impounding them.

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“For example, if you have a commercial bus coming from like Mile 12 going to Onipanu, if it commits any traffic infraction in Ketu, we have to be strategic if we want to arrest and impound a commercial bus, unlike the car owners.

“They don’t care for their vehicle to be arrested, they even get rid of anything ahead of them just to escape with their bus.

“In such case, our officers have to use their discretion in order not to cause any havoc.

“We use the new system that government gave us, which is the CMS camera, which is the traffic management device, and at times, officers use their phones to capture them,” he said.

Taofiq said that by the time such vehicles are captured while on transit by LASTMA officers ahead, due to the vehicle features taken and forwarded to be looked out for, passengers in the vehicle would not be aware of the driver’s offence.

He urged the public, especially passengers, to understand such situation and not believe such drivers were innocent.

“We see some passengers coming down from the bus and descending on our officers and some of them have been harmed and beaten up in the process.

“The passengers claim that the bus driver had not done anything without them having prior notice that the driver had committed an infraction previously.

“We just don’t pounce on these persons, an infraction had already been committed and we will not continue to tolerate these abuses on our officers, ” he said.

He, however, urged LASTMA officers to apply their discretion wisely in such instances, so that the passengers on board would not suffer unduly.

Taofiq said that discretionary measures could be to ensure that passengers are refunded their transport fares or even taken to the nearest bus stop so as to get buses to their destination.

“Using our discretion is part of training given to LASTMA officers to ensure safety of passengers which is paramount.

“Once a vehicle contravenes any section of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, such vehicle stands to be contravened and be in a position for LASTMA to impound it,” he said.

He said that traffic infractions by commercial buses had to be checked by LASTMA officers.

He urged the public to disregard insinuation in some quarters that LASTMA officers only concentrate on private cars, noting that there was no basic truth in that.

Taofiq said that since the new Area Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare, assumed office on Nov. 20, 2023, there had been a lot of training and retraining of officers for them to be more prudent, civil and be empathetic on the road.

“Equally, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr Sola Giwa has been of immense help towards having a new face of LASTMA,” he said. (NAN)

By Chiazo Ogbolu

Court remands electrician for assault, mischief

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A Dei-dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered that a 32-year-old electrician, Johnson Baba, be remanded in a correctional facility for assault and mischief.

The Judge, Saminu Suleiman, gave the order after Baba pleaded not guilty to a four-count charge of impersonation, defamation of character, assault and causing hurt and mischief.
Suleiman, however, adjourned the case until April 23 for hearing.

Earlier, the Prosecuting Counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant, Mohammed Aisha, reported the matter at Dutse Police Station on March 24.
Ogada alleged that while the complainant and her friend went to Sokale Garden in Dutse to buy fish, the defendant and two others, at large, insulted them.

He said the defendant addressed the complainant as a prostitute and when she asked why he called her what she was not, the defendant and the two others beat her up.
Ogada added that they injured the complainant and damaged her infinix cellphone valued at N198,000.

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He said that the complainant spent N10,500 on medical bill, adding that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 79, 132, 392, 265 and 246 of the Penal Code.(NAN)

By Joy Kaka

Lagos residents groan over difficulty to obtain NIN

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 Scores of Lagos residents in Alimosho Local Government Area (LGA) have expressed worry over several fruitless attempts to register and obtain the National Identity Numbers (NIN) from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited NIMC office in Ikotun, Alimosho LGA, revealed that hundreds of residents were seen waiting to be attended to, many of them

claimed  that they got to the office as early as 6 a.m. to queue, they had their names recorded in a list and were given numbers.

Mr Adekunle Adewole, one of the residents, told NAN that he arrived the place as early as 6 a.m. to enable him to get a number, saying it was his third attempt to be registered, to no avail.

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“This is my third effort for this registration, the last time I came, I was asked to come back on April 2, and to ensure they attended to me I came here about 6.10 a.m, only to notice that the whole place was already filled with people,’’ he said.

Adewole said he got number 55 and prayed it would get to his turn before the close of work, appealing to government to provide more working devices for the officials to attend to multitude of Nigerians, who want to obtain the NIN cards.

Adewole, however, expressed disappoint at the attitude of staffers of NIMC. “When they resumed they discarded the list of names, claiming that they had lost it and had to start the process of name writing all over again”.

Adewole asked in frustration, “why did we wake up early to queue?”

A 65-year old grandmother, Mrs Abibat Adekanbi, corroborated the account of Adewole, adding that the people were exposed to undue suffering just to register for NIN.

Ms Omolola Bello, another resident, told NAN that she had been coming to the office for registration since 2023 without success, saying government should look into the challenges affecting the operations of the agency to make the exercise seamless.

An official of NIMC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that they would only attend to those booked since Feb. 19.

“We are attending to those we are supposed to have registered on Good Friday, being March 29, but unable to do so due to the public holiday.

“It is very challenging that we keep recording huge number of applicants every day, yet we do not have too many hands and equipment, all we promise is to keep pushing while appealing for patience from the applicants,” she said.

She also complained of the activities of touts, who she claimed had infiltrated the place as agents to exploit applicants,  noting that no NIMC official had the backing of the management to collect money.

NAN observed that some agents were collecting between N5,000 and N10,000 to fast track the process for some applicants, while those without such amount waited helplessly for their turn.(NAN)

By Abiodun Azi

LASG arrests 219 for crossing expressways

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The Lagos State Government says it has arrested and prosecuted no fewer than 219 persons for crossing expressways in different parts of the state in March.

The spokesperson for Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, Mr Lukman Ajayi, said this on Tuesday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Ajayi said that the persons were arrested at Oshodi, Dopemu, Ikeja, Ikorodu Road, Ketu and Ojota.

He said that the arrest would continue as long as the people would not obey simple rules that will safe lives.

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The spokesperson wondered why some persons, including parents, would take children to cross a 10-lane-expressway where there were pedestrian bridges.

Ajayi called on the residents, particularly parents, to advise their wards against crossing the expressways.

He said that the agency would be committed to saving lives by enforcing laws in that regard.(NAN)

By Moses Omorogieva

Police arraign 2 over alleged illegal possession of pistol

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Police arrest man for allegedly printing, distributing fake Police ID Cards
Police arrest man for allegedly printing, distributing fake Police ID Cards

 The police on Tuesday, arraigned two men, Nasiru Mohammed, 25, and Abubakar Sanni, 30, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, over alleged possession of firearms.
The duo, whose house addresses were not provided, are being tried for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms.

The Prosecutor, ASP Anthony Igori, told the court that the defendants committed the alleged offences on March 3, at about 9.00 a.m. at Ibadan-Iseyin road.
Igori alleged that the defendants unlawfully had in their possession a locally made pistol and could not give satisfactory account of how they came about it.

He further told the court that the defendants allegedly possessed the pistol to commit felony at the aforementioned area.
Igori said the offence contravened provisions of Sections 516 and 417(D) of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The magistrate, Mr Olaolu Olanipekun, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100,000 each with two sureties each in like sum.
Olanipekun adjourned the case until May 2 for hearing. (NAN)

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By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko

Police arraign man, 33, over alleged possession of India hemp

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Police arrest man for allegedly printing, distributing fake Police ID Cards
Police arrest man for allegedly printing, distributing fake Police ID Cards

The Police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 33-year-old man, Miracle Anosike, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged possession of India hemp.

The defendant, whose residential address was unknown, is facing a two-count charge of being in possession of India hemp and smoking the substance.

The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on March 7, at about 8.00a.m at the Mobikan Hotel, Ajangbadi, Ojo area of Lagos State.

Adeosun said that the defendant allegedly had in his possession substance suspected to be India hemp.

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“The defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by smoking substance suspected to be India hemp with the intent to cause havoc in the hotel,” he said.

He said the offences contravened Sections 411, and 168 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2015.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr T.A Popola, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He held that one of the sureties must either be a Chief Imam or a company Director.

Popoola adjourned the case until April 30, for mention. (NAN)

By Raji Rasak

Artisans decry low patronage ahead

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Some artisans in Enugu State have expressed dismay that they were not being patronised by potential exhibitors at the forthcoming 35th Enugu international trade fair.

The artisans said this during an interview by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday.

They said it was unfortunate that they had been going to the trade fair complex in search of jobs such as construction of exhibition stands but could not find clients.

They told NAN that since the fair would commence on Friday they expected exhibitors to have started constructing their stands.

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Mr Banjamin Ogbodo, also a student of Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, said he had been going to the venue for days now in search of any job but to no avail.

“By this time in previous fairs, I have done as many jobs as possible but this year I cannot not even get one exhibition stand to construct.

“The worst part of it is that I have used the little pocket money I have on transportation to the fair venue in anticipation of getting a job. Such jobs help me in my studies.

“I’m optimistic that before the commencement of the fair, things might change for good’’, he told NAN.

Another artisan, Mr Emeka Maduka, said he had been constructing stands for exhibitors in the fair for the past 10 years, adding that unfortunately he was yet to get any job in this year’s edition.

Onwuka said the number of artisans looking for jobs at the trade fair venue was more than the participants on ground at the moment.

A hawker, Miss Ebere Agu, also blamed the location of the fair complex for the low participation and patronage as the place was at the outskirts of the state capital.

According to her, “I have been moving up and down at the trade fair venue since morning looking for patronage for my snacks but could not find buyers. (NAN)

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